Bishop Bridge is a Grade II* listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Medieval Bridge.
Bishop Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sacred-landing-briar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Bridge
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Bishop Bridge, Bishopgate, Norwich
- OS grid reference
- TG 239 089
- Coordinates
- 52.63244, 1.30862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop Bridge is a bridge dating from around 1340 and is constructed of flint with brick dressings, as well as stone and brick. It features three spans of segmental stone arches supported by piers. The bridge has a parapet with a semi-circular return at the west end and includes a wrought-iron lamp-standard on the north side. It is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Bishop Bridge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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